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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 18 Jul 1984, p. 14

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The first is from other is from Nor school has been ch and has been used the board. out. was sum [or $62,000 to a private citizen. The school board is al.s'o in the process of selling Riverside School just south of Carm bridge. The board is ctutrently considering two offers on the building and slit-acre site. The first is from a private citizen, while_the other is from North Dumfries Township. The school has been closed for the past four years and has been used as a maintenance depot by the board. In St. Agatha, the school bo school it closed five years a classroom school, built in 195' site, was sold for 862,000 to a m Built in 1954 contains four space. The school years. - Mothbauéa' §EDQOIS sold The Waterloo County Buarc unloaded some of its mothbal In Waterloo, Martin's Schoo Property, has been sold to the Church for $178,333. The two sessions with Harriet Simand (founder of DES Action Canada) and Ann Ford (Toronto organizer) were called "success ful" by organizers and more than 10 people have volunteered to continue the work of DES Action Canada More than 20 people left the DES Informa tion event at the Uni versity of Waterloo last week with the Common statement. 'tm going to ask my mother!" And later the " e evening at Kitchellgr Public Library another' 20 people left the ses- sion determined to in form their children of their DES exposure and the possible eon sequences to their health. . "1 "1"!" RESTAURANT "eelteEthJjhrriiii III-m v - Chronocte Spoon! (through a local As a result of two c pterr. DES ldtetttyistittres Within days of eb troll information sen Ptiitst.ttna. DES Action stuns. a local DES Ac, Canada in the base, tion Canada group will meat of her home in beestatttished M.otatrtutl, Simand " The first orgnntzu planned, "tee were in "WI meeting will be undated with phone Tuesday, July 24 at calls to the tune of tseo T3tt p.m at Kitchener calls _the first week I Public Library Pew " wasn't possible PA“ " W 'iMttiiiiiiyiiiiticf In tiiiiii"iiiiii""'iiiiiiiam £32.! 95$. group l956 tnd added to in - WAWMOO ChRttttttXE has been closed for the classrooms built" in with mty Board of" Education h?» .5 Po9halled schools. [med to in 1960. the school oomh, office and storage school board has sold the licltool,wipt iriG..ravre With the thousands of phone calls and written inquiries that followed. she established a need for further "action" and research Letters came daily from across the country and by the spring of I983 volun- teers (mostly from Women's Health Groups) prepared to organize groups in Vancouver. Edmonton, She approached Health and Welfare Canada and learned that "they were aware of DES related prob lems and showed some concern" They award ed Simand $20,000 for five months to deter k mine the need for fur, ther action. menu or Ber home in Montreal, Simand ex plained, “we were in undated with phone calls to the tune of 1500 calls the first week I knew it wasn't possible for me to be the only DES daughter in Carr ada." ago. The single Serbian ( 'rthddG a 1.02-acre may past l0 concerm and problems in relation to DES er posure. The need for a support group became evident and will be included in the goals outlined for the volurr teens willing to contim ue DES Action Canada outreach in this area. Until such a time that our group has estab, lished an office, further information and a vol, unteer base will be handled by Doug Mackinlay at 884- ' , will”: an-d Toronto -. Stmand received an . Cabinets a names a The information sets- sions allowed individu» als to speak of their for schools. health pro- fessionals and commtr nity organizations. The Wellesley Hospital came forward and or tered us free office space which has al lowed us to begin a resource library as well as a meeting place for the support group that has formed." The DES group in Toronto, Ford report- ed, "is an educational centre staffed by vol unteers to give out in, formation and conduct educational seminars government to estab lien educational and in formation DES Action Canada group» across the country Much of the monies received were spent on printing pamphlets, research- ing and buying printed material from the well established grout» in the United States Ford introduced the film “DES The Time bomb Drug" with the warning to the audi, ence that the film fo cused on the cancer victims of DES and should not be taken as a scare tactic since the risk of getting the cancer is rare at one in --""""_-r- Are Your Windows Prafty in Winter and Costing You HEATING DOLLARS?? Place your order during the month of JULY and we will provide TRIPLE GLAZING AT NO EXTRA CHARGE and FREE INSTALLATION] So. . . Catt Today ll; I I rice 0 Mouton: a "oovaooiL Gust . Holmium wtndow Installation . Mfghgel Budd Woodcraft JULY SPECIAL 14 Katherine Stregt. 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